Category: Retro News
It is well known the myth (or truth!?) that Steve Jobs stole all Xerox ideas of a GUI (Graphical User Interface) from its Xerox Alto computer. Although the whole story is debatable, it is a fact that the Xerox Alto was the precursor of the user interface we still use today, almost unchanged. It was published earlier this month of…
As described by the author, on Rescuing Orc you are a goblin with good character and your mission is to rescue your friend, Orc. Your quest starts deep in the Black Forest and continues with you exploring 5 different areas, from the perilous Rocky Mountains to the dark corridors of Bluestone Keep. The game is a 2D platform/adventure where the hero…
Saul Cross is a pioneering graphician and developer who is still active to this day. Andrew, AJ, and Joerg talk to him about what he’s been up to, and about his history in the scene. Website: http://scene.world/saulcross
I believe the last thing that comes to mind when thinking of game cartridges is a program made for the Color Basic. That is in fact based all in prejudice and John Linville (CoCocrew podcast) came to help destroy the wrong assumption that that is impossible. John wrote an article on his blog, Retro Tinker, explaining how to prepare a…
Although I believe there is healthy competition among many retro news sites (with some exceptions), I also believe that the retro community is too small for divisions and as for websites, the more the merrier. With some delay, It has come to my attention that the ‘Retro Computing News’ website is closing shop, probably for good. Stuart Williams explains.. Due to…
Arstechnica UK has published a 2-part article telling the complete story of the IBM PC. The first part was published back in June and the second and final part on July 31st. The massive 8000-word article goes deep in the history of the computer that, despite not being the most exciting and capable of its time, caused the demise of…
Granit Falls, a city in the state of North Carolina was the center of a massive loss for the retro computing community. A warehouse that was being rented out for storage units and also held some small businesses, was also the home for the “Save the Machine Computer Preservation Group” which was consumed by the flames yesterday – luckily no one was…
While flicking through Twitter this morning, I came across a short video by Batman Group posted by Jose Maria. The video below shows an interesting Mario demo with a clear example of horizontal scroll on the Amstrad CPC. We can see how the character moves smoothly along the small designed stage. Obviously, at present it is nothing more than a proof of…
ZZap!64 is a magazine published in UK from 1985 to 1992 that covered the C64 and other Commodore computers. The magazine scans have been around for a long time but if you are one of those that sometimes wish for a better scan, you are lucky because it is now available on Internet Archive the full run of the magazine scanned in…
Atari has released some photos of its upcoming (?) new console, Ataribox. The console shows a slick design that reminds us of our old pal, the Atari 2600, featuring an HDMI port, USB and SD slot. There is not much to it other than the pictures, though, so we can only speculate. The Ataribox team also released a press release…
